Center for Transportation Research: Highlights

The The Texas Transportation Commission recently approved updates to the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and the new edition became effective on Dec. 8, 2011. This 2011 edition of the Texas MUTCD supersedes and replaces the 2006 revision and all earlier editions of the Manual. The Manual is available for download at [...]

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The December 2011 issue of the Research Digest is now available for download; it highlights recent research publications from the Texas Department of Transportation Research Program, which is sponsored through the Research and Technology Implementation Office (RTI). The reports abstracted in this Digest cover many topics related to transportation in Texas from research on traffic [...]

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The September 2011 issue of the Research Digest highlights the new Best Practices Video Summary Reports from TxDOT’s Research and Technology Implementation Office (RTI). These are available on YouTube and are also indexed in the CTR Library catalog. Each summary in the Digest includes a link to the online resource. This issue and the archive [...]

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In the August 2, 2011 issue of the Federal Register (Vol. 76, No. 148) the FHWA issued a Request for Comments on proposed revisions to Sections 1A.09 and 1A.13 of the 2009 MUTCD. SUMMARY: The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) is incorporated in our regulations, approved by the Federal Highway Administration, and recognized [...]

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In the July 15, 2011 issue of the Texas Register, TxDOT issued a “Request for Public Comment” for the proposed 2011 edition of the Texas Manual on Traffic Control Devices…

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The June 2011 issue of the Research Digest highlights recently published reports from research sponsored by the Virginia Department of Transportation. Each report summarized in the Digest is available both in the library and online for free download; links to the full-text PDFs are provided in the Digest. The Research Digest is a monthly newsletter [...]

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The May 2011 issue of the Research Digest highlights recent publications from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) that are available at the CTR Library and online. This digest includes reports from research conducted by the Center for Transportation Research for TxDOT. Each report summarized in the digest is available for free download and links [...]

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